Kurram Tangi Dam

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Country Pakistan
Location North Waziristan Agency
Status Proposed
Construction cost US $700 million
Owner(s) Government of Khyber Pakhtun Khwa
Dam and spillways
Height 322 ft
Total capacity 1.2 MAF
Power station
Installed capacity 83.4 MW

Kurram Tangi Dam is planned dam on the Kurram River in Bannu]] and North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan.

It will irrigate a command area of 84,380 acres and will have hydro-power generation capacity of 83.4 MW. The dam will also supplement 278,000 acres of existing system of Civil and Marwat Canals. [1] USAID offered funds for the project in January 2013 and construction is slated to begin in March.[2]

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Notes

  1. "KURRAM TANGI DAM MULTIPURPOSE PROJECT". WAPDA, Govt. of Pakistan. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. "USAID to provide funds for Kurram Tangi Dam". Pak Tribune. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.